Comments on: Which Do You Light First?

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 13:18:56 +0000

No you only “strike” a match in order to light the match. So you light the match first.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 20 May 2020 23:59:18 +0000

celestine, not only a matchbox can light a match, anything with a rigid surface could work, Bricks work great, Sandpaper could work.

By: Nico

Nico — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 14:51:05 +0000

You light the Candle first. You don’t light matches you strike a match. So you strike the match and then light the candle then the lamp and then either could be lit with the candle.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 19:34:29 +0000

celestine, not only a matchbox can light a match, anything with a rigid surface could work, Bricks work great, Sandpaper could work.

By: Susan D

Susan D — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 00:59:30 +0000

Hit the light switch.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 19:55:45 +0000

It’s obvious and silly that this is the answer, since it requires assumptions that some people may make and others will not. Many will likely take the ‘having a match’ as it being lit and solve from there. The sentence makes no indication to whether it is unlit or lit even. So it’s easy to draw assumptions, and yours are no more correct than mine.

By: Vinod

Vinod — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 16:56:27 +0000

Obviously match as oil lamp and stove will not be visible

By: Shanika

Shanika — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 14:40:24 +0000

It’s pitch black. How do you see anything including the match to even light it?

By: Wendy Anne

Wendy Anne — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 01:57:58 +0000

My daughter had this riddle as a question on a job application and getting it right got her the job. Her boss said that 90% of people get it wrong. It’s the match. It’s so obvious that it isn’t obvious, but duh. You can’t light anything until you light the match.

By: Medha

Medha — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 07:30:29 +0000

Oil lamp